Neighborhood Christmas Caroling
6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 16
Let’s spread some Christmas cheer! Join your neighbors for an evening stroll and Christmas caroling. All ages are welcome. Can’t hold a tune? That’s OK. Come to the St. Peter’s Parish House at 313 Pine Street to pick up a songbook. The group will begin its stroll at 6 p.m. We’ll end at the Twisted Tail at 509 South Second Street where the holiday revelry will continue.
Please let us know you are coming, so we know how many songbooks to have ready. RSVP online.
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The Way Forward Meetings
10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday, December 7
St. Peter's Parish House
Join usfor a conversation about St. Peter's ministries of education and Christian formation. At these meetings, we will ask “what is working well?” and “what do you envision for the future?” The gatherings will be held in the parlor at 313 Pine Street. Additional meetings (part of The Way Forward planning process) are scheduled for January 11. If you are you planning to attend, please call 215-925-5968 or email Lauri at cielo@stpetersphila.org to let us know.
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Give a Gift, Save a Life
On Sundays during Advent, you will have the opportunity to purchase a gift in honor of a loved one and support the St. Peter's Food Cupboard, the Guatemala Partnership, and Camp Get-Along, and the Philadelphia Serengeti Alliance. In return for your gift, in addition to knowing you have made a difference in the world, you will get a gift card drawn by our own Connie Moore letting the recipient know a gift has been given in their name.
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The Episcopal Way
Sunday December 7 & 14 at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s School
What do Episcopalians believe about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit? How do we view the Bible? How and why was the Episcopal Church formed? Why does our worship look the way it does? What is the Anglican Communion? How does one become an Episcopalian? Join Claire for a discussion of these issues and much more. If you were not able to go to the first two sessions it is OK to drop in now as each session is self contained. The Episcopal Way is intended for all who have questions and especially for those who wish to be confirmed or received into the Episcopal Church. For more information contact Claire.
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Upcoming Events
Faith Matters
10 a.m. Sunday, December 7
Contemplative prayer
The Episcopal Way
10 a.m. Sunday, December 7
Justice Talk
12:30 p.m. Sunday, December 7
Knitting Group
5 p.m. Tuesday, December 9
Sages
12:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 10
Speaker will be Michael Quinn, president and CEO of the Museum of the American Revolution
Faith Matters
10 a.m. Sunday, December 14
Icons as "windows to the holy"
The Episcopal Way
10 a.m. Sunday, December 14
On Being
12:15 p.m. Sunday, December 14
St. Peter's Youth Group
12:30 p.m. Sunday, December 14
Neighborhood Christmas Caroling
6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 16
Faith Matters
10 a.m. Sunday, December 21
How is Mary seen and understood?
Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
4 p.m. Sunday, December 21
Christmas Eve Children's Pageant
5 p.m. Wednesday, December 24
Christmas Eve Service
9:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 24
Christmas Day Service
11 a.m. Thursday, December 25
Click here to view all the events in the month of December
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Support St. Peter's Choir on Amazon.com
We now have an easy fundraising method for our choir that costs you nothing! If you shop on Amazon.com (or know anyone who does), please try this and pass the info on to friends and family.
AmazonSmile.com is the homepage of Amazon’s charitable foundation. If you use AmazonSmile as your Amazon homepage, almost every purchase you make will result in a 0.5 percent gift to the St. Peter’s Choir from Amazon. You are charged nothing for this; the only difference is that you use a different Amazon web address. Click here to learn how.
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St. Peter's Book Wins Award
The book of St. Peter's Church history titled "St. Peter's Church: Faith in Action for 250 Years" recently was honored with the Laurence D. Fish Parish History Award at the Diocesan Convention. The award was presented by the National Episcopal Historians & Archivists, which encourages churches to collect, preserve and organize their records and share their history. Libby Browne and Cordelia Biddle, pictured below (authors of the book along with Alan J. Heavens and Charles P. Peitz) accepted the award.
The book will be for sale after services on Sunday, December 14, and at the reception after Lesson & Carols on Sunday, December 21.
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Call for Vestry Nominations
A note from Jacqueline Lewis: In January I will be stepping down from the vestry after 2 terms. Six years of service, laughs, stewardship, triumphs and travails. (New roof, anybody?) A good portion of that time I also served as your Accounting Warden, fretting about budgets and resource allocation on your behalf. Before that I chaired several Stewardship Campaigns. So believe me when I tell you, St. Peter’s is a singular place, filled with freakishly talented folk who seem always to be in high spirits. Thanks to you, St. Peter’s itself is in fine fettle. The deep talent pool of our parish is matched only by the generosity with which each of you share your time and money. You never cease to amaze and delight me.
The Vestry nominating committee will now reach deep into that talented pool to fill the two open vestry seats. As we plan Our Way Forward, we especially welcome vestry candidates with legal or financial expertise. Moved to serve? Would you care to nominate a fellow parishioner? Please let Greg Duffy or me know. And if approached to stand for Vestry? Please give it your generous and prayerful consideration. It’s not always an easy job. But I promise you it is a worthy and transformative one. Thank you for your many kindnesses along the way.You are great and I am grateful. Please ring me if you have questions about vestry service, the nominating process, or just want to bend my ear. 203.675.4095 or via email lewis@stpetersphila.org.
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Cheese & Crackers and Always COOKIES!
Please whip up an extra batch of cookies or buy some cheese and crackers for the reception following Lessons and Carols on December 21 at 4 p.m.
Help us to serve up a holiday treat to our guests. The reception is in the auditorium of St. Peter’s School. You can drop of your treat that morning or right before the service at 4 p.m.
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Christmas Memorials
At Christmastime you have the opportunity to remember loved ones and to offer special thanks by making a donation to the Music program for brass at Christmas and Easter or to the Flower fund for Christmas greening. Please join us in supporting this important aspect of our common life of worship, our celebration of the birth of Incarnate Love. You can just drop a check in the alms basin on Sunday or put in the mail to 313 Pine. Please write music or flowers on the memo line of the check.
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Thank You:
- Walt Peters for agreeing to chair the Sages starting in January
- Pat Fusco for her years of leadership of Sages
- Nora Adelmann for sharing her faith story and for coordinating the Way Forward meetings on Nov. 16
- Lisa & Robert Di Cicco for hosting the SPPIT+ movie and pizza night on Nov. 7
- Danny Alvarado & Jamie Wirt for joining the greeter/usher ministry
- Nancy Fago, Pat Fusco & Gaylord Holder for the latest batch of communion bread
- Cordelia Biddle for speaking at the November Sages gathering about her book: "Saint Katharine, The Life of Katharine Drexel"
- Barbara Tobin for organizing the Advent wreath making
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Welcome Recent Visitors:
Johanna Ettin, Ashton & Laura Phillips, Lauren Sieber, Sheila Jamison-Schwartz, Stephen Paul, Elizabeth Schweizer with Will, Ben & Amy Cornelius
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Birthdays:
Best wishes to those celebrating birthdays in December:
1 - Sean McClendon
5 - Jayson Blum
6 - Anna Rowbotham
7 - Sophie Hofmann
8 - Terry Champion
10 - Eleanor Yee
11 - Zoe Dreitlein
12 - Paul Minick
12 - Evelyn Hsu
13 - Catherine Cowell
19 - Josh Cover
20 - Jose Regueiro
20 - Joe Schaller
21 - Steve Zettler
24 - Vincent DiPentino
26 - Stephen Dunne
27 - Nicholas Hardy
30 - Evelyn Barnhart
30 - Chris Cielo
30 - Brooke Cover
Did we miss your birthday? Email Kate Randall to add your birthday to the list.
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